Potentially stupid question about death toll

[carriebreadshaw]

I'm sorry but I can't find what I'm looking for online.

Along with everyone else I've read that C19 deaths that have occurred in care homes and outside of hospitals aren't being included in death toll figures. Is this the case all over the world or just here in the Uk?

Because if it's just in the UK this is happening then surely our true death toll must be higher than anywhere?!

You'll need to set aside quite some time @carriebreadshaw to read them all, there are 1000s of posts going back to the start of the crisis but very informative. I can't link on my phone but the current thread is always in active convos.

If you look at France's daily deaths, there is a huge spike a week or two ago which is where they added accumulated care home/community deaths.

People think it's sneaky.. but what also needs to be remembered is that care homes are MASSIVELY behind the times in terms of digital maturity and all their records are paper based. They can't just 'post' their death figures everyday. There is no functionality for them to do that, hence the lag.

Yes, it's not been handled correctly, but there are challenges there

You also need to remember that many GPs, who do not now have to be physically present to certify a death, are not putting Covid on the Death Certificate. That will also cause the figures to be lower than they actually should be.